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© 2022 American Payroll Institute, Inc. Starting with this issue of PAYROLL CURRENTLY, references to The Payroll Source® refer to the 2022 edition of the book, which is printed and available online on the APA Bookshelf. The online version will be updated throughout the year. Inside this issue... District Court Rules Prior Independent Contractor Rule Still in Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 IRS Announces 2022 High-Cost Locations for Foreign Housing Exclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Restaurant Law Center Files Appeal in Case on DOL’s Dual Jobs Final Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SIFL Rates for 1st Half of 2022 Allow Three Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2022 Fiscal Year Budget Increases IRS Funding to $12.6 Billion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Biden Administration Releases Fiscal 2023 Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Register by April 8 for Payroll Congress to Attend Bonus Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 EEOC to Open EEO-1 Data Collection on April 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 IRS Adds FAQs on Qualified Leave Wages to Explain Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Biden Signs Executive Order on Digital Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 IRS Releases Publication on Withholding for 2022. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 IRS Grants Waivers for 2021 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 IRS Revises Forms 941, 8974 Substitute Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 E-Verify Releases New User Interface, Ends Support for Internet Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 DOL Proposes Updates to Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 OCSE Updates Employer Form for Child Support Portal Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Payroll Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Same-Day ACH Limit Increases ACH Network Continues to Grow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 IRS Disagrees With Court Ruling That Relocation Benefits Were Exempt From Tax Under the RRTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 OCSE Releases Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Free Reference Book Answers Payroll Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10th Circuit Rules Employees’ Time Was Not De Minimis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 USCIS Updates Guidance for E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Special Report: APA’s 2022 Capital Summit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 State and Local News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 April 1, 2022 Volume 30 Issue 4 DHS to End COVID-19 Policy for Accepting Expired Documents The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will discontinue the temporary policy that allowed employers to accept expired List B documents for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on April 30 [I-9 Central, DHS to End COVID-19 Temporary Policy for Expired List B Identity Documents, 3-17-22]. DHS adopted the temporary policy in response to difficulties many individuals experienced with renewing documents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning on May 1, employers may only accept unexpired List B documents for Form I-9. Updating Form I-9 If employees presented an expired List B document between May 1, 2020, and April 30, 2022, employers are required to update these employees’ Forms I-9 by July 31, 2022, if they are still employed. The employee will need to provide an unexpired document that establishes their identity. Employees may give the employer the renewed List B document, a different List B document, or a document from List A. In the Additional Information field of section 2, the employer should enter under the notation “COVID-19”: the document’s title, issuing authority, number, and expiration date. The employer should initial and date the change. USCIS provided an example of how to update Form I-9. If the List B document expiration was auto-extended by the issuing authority, USCIS considers the document as unexpired when presented. No action is required by the employer because the document was unexpired when